Skip the Sugar Sugar affects your white blood cell count, thus affecting your immune system.  Depending on which study you’ve read and how it was conducted, a relatively small amount of sugar can affect the efficiency of your white blood cells anywhere from 40% - 92%.  One source stated that a small amount of sugar suppresses the immune system for four hours while another stated up to six hours.  Certainly not a chance I want to take considering I could bump into a virus or bacteria just after consuming a small amount of sugar.  No one wants to go to war without a weapon and sugar disarms us against the enemy.

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